2020 Puyblanquet

The Malet Roquefort family, owner of La Gaffelière since severa centuries, bought this beaufiful property in 2020. They used to own it e few decades ago. A soulfoul history then, about thsi great terroir located in the area of Saint Etienne de Lisse / Saint Christophe des Bardes, in the southwest of Fleur Cardinale and Valandraud. Vineyard Area : 19 hectares Soil : Clay-limestone hillsides Viticulture Integrated farming Pruning in single and double guyot Grass cover between rows Leaf removal and green harvest Hand picked into small crate Vinification Vinification by parcel in stainless-steel temperature - controlled tanks • Alcoholic fermentation with pumping over and punching down • Malolactic fermentation in stainless-steel tanks • Merlot: vatting 25-30 days • Cabernet Franc: vatting 30 days Ageing 12 months in barrels (of which 50% in one year barrels)